VSTO vs. RGR, SWBI, NPK, POWW, WRAP, AXON, CHDN, PSO, SKX, and GME
Should you be buying Vista Outdoor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Outdoor include Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), National Presto Industries (NPK), AMMO (POWW), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Pearson (PSO), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), and GameStop (GME).
Vista Outdoor vs.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) and Vista Outdoor (NYSE:VSTO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Vista Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Vista Outdoor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Outdoor has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Vista Outdoor's net margin of -0.34%. Vista Outdoor's return on equity of 19.96% beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Vista Outdoor received 104 more outperform votes than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.92% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Vista Outdoor an outperform vote.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vista Outdoor. Vista Outdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vista Outdoor has a consensus price target of $41.20, suggesting a potential downside of 6.64%. Given Vista Outdoor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Outdoor is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
In the previous week, Vista Outdoor had 6 more articles in the media than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vista Outdoor and 3 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. Vista Outdoor's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.35 indicating that Vista Outdoor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vista Outdoor beats Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VSTO) was last updated on 11/8/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
